Introducing
quantitative methods
Kingsmeadow Community School
17 April 2023
Dr. Chris Moreh
Geography, Politics and Sociology
Outline
- A research story
- Populations and sampling
- Measurement
- Classification
- Modelling
- Probability
A research story
EU migrants and the EU referendum
- May 2013: Draft EU Referendum Bill
- May 2015: General election
- December 2015: European Union Referendum Act - Referendum to be held before the end of 2017
- February 2016: Outcome of
negotiating a new settlement for Britain in the EU
(The Conservative Party Manifesto 2015) and announcement of Referendum date for 23 June 2016
- What are the future plans of EU migrants in case of a referendum vote to leave the EU?
- 1 March – 23 June 2016: online survey
Populations and sampling
Migrant population in UK
Migrant population in UK
Migrant population in UK
Population and sampling
EU migrants and the EU referendum
- The survey targeted non-British adult EU Citizens living in the UK
- Besides English the survey questionnaire was translated into 6 languages (Polish, Romanian, Portuguese, Italian, Hungarian and Spanish).
EU migrants and the EU referendum
Measurement